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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-04
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Extensions in the West.

West and Northwest new railroad enterprises
are being pushed vigorously, largely in the way
Of extensions of existing systems of lines. A
lulI is looked for. however. when present
plans are completed. This will probably
he forced by the condition of the money
market East which begins TO feel the drain upon
lt for new railroad enterprises in the West The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe are pushing the
work on the division between Chicago and Kan
sas City with unusual rapidly, aud although the
work is said to be done in the most superior
manner, the whole line will be completed and
opened for business by the LIST OF January. 1888,
and possibly sooner. The ST. Paul's line from
Chicago to the same point will likewise be COM
,lsted before the close OF the year. Energetic
operations are being carried on by other com
panes, and before the close of the
year the Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy.
she Rock Island, Northwestern e. St. Paul.
Illinois Central. Manitoba, Missouri Pacific,
West will have added a good many hundred
miles of new track to their already extensive
systems. 1t is generally thought, however.
that additional extensions aside from those now
located, will be undertaken, and in some in
stances work on extensions, the completion OF
which is not deemed imperatively necessary
for the purpose of securing business or holding
territory, will be temporarily suspended. the
object being to develop sections likely to bring
the largest revenue at the earliest date Hence.
lines into new and at present scarcely settled
sections will not De rapidly pushed unless they
are deemed absolutely necessary to the future
success of the main system
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-04

NEW YORK, Aug 3-Partculars were re-
ceived Yesterday of homicide in Assumption
Parish in a corner of the State which has not
yet been invaded by railroads telegraphs, Ia
which two young men were involved, both rep
resentatves of the best families in the neigh
borhood. 1t at Saturday night ball
the Doren place, and Frank Berthel sat down
on Edmund Geautraux's hat This led to words
and a quarrel. and Geautraux was informed that
he could get satisfaction any way he wanted it.
To this Geautraux replied that the affair was
not worth fighting over. 1t was insisted upon.
however, and il was agreed to fight 1t out with
fists alone. They went out into the yard. 1t
was dark. and the men could not more than see
each other AS the fight began. Geautraux
knocked Berthel down with his fist Berthsl then
arose, and he was knocked down the second
time he stabbed Geautraux in the left arm.
Geautraux knocked Berthel down several times,
each time receiving severe cut Geautraux
cried out. Boys, no is cutting me with a knife"
Notwithstanding the seven cuts Geautraux re-
ceived Berthel was severely beaten that he
cried out enough Then Geautraux turned
around and attempted to walk to the house,
staggered. and was caught by his friends. He
called for the priest. and his mother and died.
but would not use it. Seventeen wounds were
found on him. Eight were in the back.
through the heart, and the rest in other portions
of he body. Berthel was arrested the next day
and locked up in the Napoleonville Jail. Geau-
traux was twenty-one years cid and Berthel
nineteen.
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Sunday Railway Traffic.

In the Canadas earnest movement is being
made to put stop to much Sunday work the
railroads running through the provinces. The
association which has been formed to take hold
of the matter Will send to the next session of the
Dominion Parliament from eight to ten
thousand petitions signed by large majority of
the voters and adults of the entire country,
urging Parliament to take some action to prevent
the Dissertation of the Sabbath to the extent that
1t now is by the roads of the Canadas Railway
Life, published in Toronto, says in its last issue:
I'VE are glad to notice that the treLd of senti-
ment among railway men in the United States,
as set forth in the journals devoted to this great
interest ia in favor of reducing Sunday work to
q minimum. 1t is undoubtedly true that some
railway trains should be Sunday, for moro
injury would be done by stopping them than is
involved IN the keeping of the at work
during the Sabbath. STILL that is not a reason,
in the opinion of many leading railway in
the United States for Sunday traffic in it's
present proportions. In the agitation this
subject we would deprecate any legal interfer-
ence with the railways, because only the letter
of the law will be carried out and no law can be
framed which will meet public approval under
the strict letter of which an immense railway
employees the roads not such fools that
they will not gladly avail themselves of the in
valuable blessing of quiet Sabbath at home if
they can get it. Nor the railway managers
unmindful of the best interests of the men
under them that they will not grant that boon if
in granting it they are backed by an educated
public senLiment."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-04
What Might Be Made of South Park.

To the EDITOR OF the Indianapolis Journal
While struggling with the sultry midday heat
and lamenting the lack of some handy cool resort
where might be found baths. artificial lakes,
fishing and other lfe-cheering surroundings,
which had been painted upon my mind by ex-
cursionists to other localities, concluded that
would have our good marc to drive the family
down TO some ground which bought for a
park, called South or Garfield Park. 1 was
ground for that purpose to be found any where
near the city. It contains eighty six acres.
Through it passes Pleasant run and Bean creek
One-third of the ground is a beautiful basin, in
which is constructed one-mile trotting track,
on which some of the fastest trotting has
been made of any ground in the State. / found
that the entire space within this track might be
made, at a comparatively small expense, an arti-
fetal lake which would be large enough for
boating Even small steamer might
play around the banks of the trotting track.
This lake could be flied with fish and water
fowls. The banks could be fortified and beaut-
fed with pines. shrubs and flowers. The other
part of it could be beausifed by lawns, gravel.
she'll bordered walks and drives. The banks on
the south and east side Of the lake might be used
for grottcs, caves, glsns and waterfalls Stat
ues might be placed through the whole park,
commemorating distinguished men and histori-
cal events-ths good mon Of our own State and
especially those who took q prominent part In
the morals enterprise and patriotism OF our own
city. There are four five cool springs along
the banks of this stream which II piped would
raise their cooling beverage to the surface and
afort abundant supply of drinking water. In
addition to the attractions that might be made
in identifying this ground, it might make hun
dreds of beautiful cottages, built and arranged
for families where little famished children
and invalids might be taken and nursed
back to life. This might be
rented by week or month and the entire
expenditure might be made pay handsome
revenue until the city could afford to make it
free. Why do our people spend enough money
each year hunting ND pleasure ground TO make
an Improvement at home that would bring
thousands OF people to our city2
Why ia this ground rentsd out, rather
given to some money making sharper to use for
6airyf We counted fifty head OF and
calves, beside an indefinite number of sheep,
swine, horses and mules on the ground, some
time since. They skin the roots of the beauti-
full forest trees and promote their decay. and
make this once beautiful ground disgusting
scene of waning enterprise and blasted prosper
ity which is disgrace to the city On the
day of the gardeners picnic, thirty head of cows
broke over the old rotten fence and pastured on
a German widows garden truck. The place is
so dilapidated that is found there any
more, except that class of people that want to
snun society and evade the town. More at an
other time. RANDOM
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the 4th of July. Throughout the entire corn
belt almost a famine is imminent unless rain
comes soon. Fields which promised thirty
bushels of corn to the acre three weeks ago, now
look as IL they will scarcely yield five bushels.
If this depressing outlook is realized, the rail-
roads will cot be the least sufferers, especially
those like the Decline. that lie in the great corn
belt
The passenger committee which the Central
Traffic Association appointed to revise the oivi,
sion rate sheet and fix upon some better and
more uniform method of preparing the rate
sheet for all roads covered by the association,
met at Cleveland on Tuesday and the commit
tee decided to recommend to the association that
tariff sheets be issued now at the more I'M
portant points but from minor points sheets be
issued only to Central Tariff Association points.
and that as a matter of economy extension rate
sheets be used for points beyond. 1t was also
agreed TO recommend that tariff sheets be issued
quarterly instead of monthly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-04
BUSINESS UNIVERSITY,

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. ESTABLISHED 81 YEARS.
When Block, "a TO 40 N. Penn. ST., Opposite P. o.
Bookkeeping. Actual Business Short Hand, English
Branches. Penmanshlp. etc. thoroughly taught!
POSITIVELY the only institution in this city pos
sessing the facilities for mparting sound Business,
Penmanship, Shorthand education. Investigate.
Send for Catalogue and Commercial Current, FREE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-04
POCKLAND COLLEGE
indianapolis Classical Schools.

SCHOOL FOR BOYS-Prepares for Harvard, Yale
and all other Colleges and Scientific Schools. Twelfth
iyear Four boarding pupils received. Send for cata
logue THEO. l.. SEWAI4Il Principal
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS lin different part of the
ciuy)-Prepares for all colleges that admit
Handsome accommodations for boarding pupils. Sixth
year. Send for catalogue. 7. l.. SEWALL and MAY
WRIGHT SEWALLa Principals
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-12-24

Wichita. Kan, special: Investigation
at the headquarters of the Oklahoma
boomers at this point shows that many
recruits are paying $25 each to become
members of the Oklahoma Settlers asso-
citation. Though the utmost secrecy is to
be preserved, it has developed that the in
tention is to raise 5000 stand of arms to
distribute among these boomers having
none, and should congress not throw open
the coveted land by April /, the leaders
will take forcible possession and resist
any attempt to dislodge them.
Hon. S. P. Rounds, died at his home in
Omaha last Saturday, of pneumonia, after
an illness OF ten days. He was editor and
principal proprietor of the Omaha Repub-
lican. He went to that city about year
ago from Washington after rcsignlng the
position of public printer, which he held
for four years. For many years previous
to gong to Washington he was proprietor
of a printers supply house in Chicago.
Mr. Rounds is we'll known all over the
country, but particularly in the west.
A fund of 5000 has been raised by the
Indians on the Sioux reservation in Dako-
ia for the purpose of sending Sitting Bull.
Hump and Charger to Washington and
having their wants on the Sioux rcserva-
ton bill heard. The Indians are anxious
to treat with the whites, but wish to get
money in place of horses and cattle. They
wish to handle it themselves. Hump and
Charger are very intelligent and have rep
resented their people in Washington on
several occasions. A council will be held
next week.
A terrific explosion occurred in front of
the Poole flour mills at Rochester, New
York, Wednesday, which was felt for
long distance. A few seconds after other
explosions followed in rapid succession.
Instantly flames burst from the mill and
the rear walls fell in. The fire burned
with great fury, spreading to other build
ings with great rapidity. The explosion
was caused by naptha gas in the sewers.
Fourteen thousand gallons had been
pumped through the pipe line from the
oil works to the gas house, and some
breaks in the line allowed considerable
to escape into adjoining sewers. When
they became surcharged with gas it made
its way into the mill and exploded and
the fire then communicated through the
mains in the middle of the street. Ex-
plosions continued at such frequent inter-
walls for the first half hour that people
were deferred from going anywhere near
the fire. Several lives were lost and the
damage done will aggregate $3OO,O0O..
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MONTANA NEWS.

Cascade county was formally organized
at Great Falls on Monday, and the event
was the occasion for small celebration.
T.C. Appleton committed suicide at
the Headquarters lodging house in Helena
Monday, by taking morphine.
The five -ycar-old son of j. W. Johns, of
Johnstown, lost the first joint of his thumb
and froefnger one day this week while
playing with giant cap.
Gordon Shearer, employed in the Blue
bird mill at Butte, fell into bed of red
hot ore in the cooling room and was very
badly burned. This occurred Wednesday
and though alive at laSt accounts his con-
dition was critical
Numerous fires have occurred in Butte
lately and as most of them originated in
outbuildings they have doubtless been the
work of an incendiary. Last Friday
morning large hay warehouse OF Lowell
Bros. was destroyed by fire, causing loss
of about $500, with no insurance.
Marshal Jolly and Chief Of Police MEEK
leiohn of Butte had a personal alteration
Wednesday night, during which the latter
drew his pistol and fired, but without hit,
ting his man. A policeman standing by
stepped in and separated them, thus pre-
venting a more serious termination of the
quarrel.
Edward Strand, wood hauler of Wood
Vile, one Of the suburban villages of Butte,
committed suicide by hanging himself
with picket rope last Thursday. He
was addicted to drink and had just recov-
cred flom spree which it is supposed
rendered him despondent and induced
him to prefer death to life.
Billings Gazette: Quite serious con-
flagration occurred at the place of John
Smith this side of Rock creek on the res
ervation. His barn was burned to tie.
ground. Five head of horses were liter
ally roasted and about twenty tons of hay
was destryed. Several stacks of hay in
the vicinity belonging to Nelson Story
miraculously escaped the blaze.
Owen Emerson, probate judge of Deer
Lodge county, fell off the rear end of a
passenger train while going to Butte few
days ago. The train was running at a
speed of thirty miles an hou, and the
place where Emerson fell was rocky
canyon, but remarkable as it may seem,
he received no injuries and was able to
climb on when the train backed to where
he fell.
Abrakeman named Wilkinson had some
words over game of cards with Jim
Smith and Thomas Leonard, two Butte
gamblers, Wednesday morning, which re-
suited in serious shooting affray. The
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-12-24

NOTICE TO CREDITORs-Estat Of John
~ W Granniss, deceased Notice is hereby
given by the undersigned, administrator of the
estate Of John W Granniss, deceased, to the
creditors of, and al persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them with the nee
essary vouchers, within four months after the
first publication of this mott e, TO the said admin
istrator at the ranch of Harvey & Tregloan on
Shields River, in Park county, Montana Terri
tory the same being the place for the TRANSACTION
of the business Of said estate in the County OF
Park. JOHN HAnvEl,
Administrator of the estate Of John W, Grannlss,
deceased.
Dated at Livingston, Mont, Dec 20, \. D. 1887.
SAVAGE ELDER, Attorneys for Administrator.
First pub. Dec. "a, 1S87.-4t]
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GEO. W. MONKUE, NeSIs ct.
first published Dec. "a, 1887.
CEALED PROPOSALS invited for cnuper
SALa.ds AZ fho county of Park Montana Terri

CEALED PROPOSALS invited for coupen
- bonds of the county OF Park, Montana Terri
tory. The Board of Commissioners Of said coun-
tv hereby give notice that they will sell to the
party or parties offering the highest price there
nom alton Of one Thousand n,OOO dollars each,
to the amount Of fifty thousand t50y0OOl dollars,
issued BY authority of the act Of the Legislative
assembly of said Territory, approved March 9th,
i:pss. and the acts amendatory thereof, and bear
inc interest from January 1st 1885, at the rate of
seven per cent per annum, payable semi ,annnally.
interest payable at Hanover National Bank. . New
wears and payable in twenty years after the date
thereof. Bids therefor will be opened on Janu-
ary aOth 1888, at 3p M. at the office OF the clerk
Of said board, in Livingston, Montana. No bids
can be accepted for less than par and accrued In
terest. A..
Connty of Park, Montana Territory.
3. ,. MARTIN, County Clerk.
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Sam HOuStOn's Secret.

St. Louis Letter: The blank in the
history of the famous Sam Houston has
at last been filled up. 1t will be remem-
bered that after living for some time
among the Cherokee Indians and fight
ing in the war of 1912 he settled in Ten
nessee, began the practice Of law, and
was twice elected to congress, and in
1927 was elected governor of Tennessee,
and in January, 1929, he was married
to the belle Of Tennessee, and in less
than two months after his marriage he
suddenly resigned the governorship, de-
serted his wife and home and disappear
ed. This created an intense sensation
throughout the country, as Houston
was regarded as most promising man
in the South. The cause of Houston s
resignation of the governorship, his de-
sertion of his bride, and his abandon
ment of the path of civilization, has al
ways been a mystery. He never reveal
ed it himself to his civilized friends. A
staff correspondent of the St. Louis, Re-
publican, sent to Talequah, Indian Ter
ritory, to write up the Indian troubles,
obtained upon undoubted authority
facts that clear up this mystery.
When Houston resigned the COVER
norship he rode straight from Tennes-
sees capital to the Arkansas river,
near the present site of Fort Gibson,
told them he desired to live with the
tribe, and was welcomed. He donned
a breech-clout and a blanket, shaved
his head to the CROWN and daubed his
face with paint. He cut himself off en-
tirely from civilization and lived with
the Indians.
For time he was a leader and mar
ried an Indian girl, but afterward be-
came a drQnkard. While under the in
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NOTICE FOR PgBLICATIONiLLa,ndS lSof Of

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.-Lan Of
~ flee at Bozeman, Montana, December IA, 1887
Notice is hereby given that the tollowlng-named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before Deputy District Clerk
of Third Judicial district, Montana Territory,
Saturday, February 4th, 1888, viz: MerrilIe s:
Ballinger, H. E. No. 212, for the Lots !, ?, and
s. E. quarter Of N. w. quarter section 4, Up. q,
So r. 3 east. He names the following witnesses
tivation of, said land, viz: Florrien S. Compiler,
George W. Allen, James Tuggle, and Benjamin
Strickland all of Livingston, N: 7.
GEO. W. MONROE, Register.
lfrst published Dec. II, 1857
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Millions Homeless .

Late advices from China give details Of
a disaster occasioned by the Yellow river
overfowing its banks in the province of
Honau and describe it as one of the most
appalling occurrences in loss of life and
property recorded in recent times. The
river broke its banks on the evening of
September 2Sth, southwest of the city of
Ching Chow, and not only completely in
undated that city but also ten other popu
lous cities. The whole area is now rag
ing sea ten to thirty feet deep where it was
once densely populated and rich plain.
The former bed of the Yellow river is now
dry and the present lake was the bed of
the river centuries ago. The loss of life
is incalculable and the statement is made
by missionaries that millions of Chinese
are homeless and starving. Thomas Patton,
one of the American missionaries, writing
from the Poncau province under date of
October 28th says: "The newly gathered
crops, houses and trees arc all swept away,
involving fearful loss of life. Bread
bread, is the Cry of thousands who are
on the river bank. Benevolent people go
in boats and throw bread among the masses
here and there, but it is nothing compared
with the requirements. The mass of peo-
pie is still being increased by continual
arrivals more hungry than the last. There
they sit, stunned, hungry and detected,
without rag to wear or morsel OF food.
Mat huts are being erected for them.
What it Will be in two months cannot
conceive. The misery is increasing owing
to the bitter cold weather.
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game had broken up and Wilkinson was
being chafed by his fleecers for complain
ing, which so enraged him that he drew
revolver and began shooting, one shot
taking effect in the mouth of Smith and
another passed through the nose of Leon
ard. He then left the room and has not
yet been captured. 1t Is thought neither
of his victims will die from the wounds
inflicted.
John Shavillia, foreman in the Mon
tana Central tunnel, dropped dead in a
saloon at Butte Wednesday. He was a
temperate man, and had taken a seat in
the saloon apparently to rest when he fell
forward from his chair dead. About a
week previous he had fit, from the ef-
fects of which he had not fully recovered
when death resulted.
Special Agent Howard, who has been
the past summer and autumn on the Crow
reservation alloting lands to Indians for
the winter, says that he made over seven
hundred allotments, located principally
on the Little and Big Horn river, Grass
Lodge creek, Pass creek and branches,
Soap creek and Rotten Grass creek, and
Beaver creek. He says the Indians were
much interested in the allotment, and
came to him all through the Crow troubles
without Interruptions to have their lands
allotted. Chief Plentycoues and his pco-
pie will be allowed to retain their lands
they have taken up near the mountains
and will not be interrupted.
Butte Miner: Conductor West of the
Montana Union, is the proprietor of a val
liable bed of infusorial or ditomaceous
earth, which he recently discovered three
miles from Garrison. This substance is
sod under various names, such as Tripoli
and Electro Silicon, and is an admirable
polishing powder. Mr.. West runs the
clay through fine sieve, and the result IS
a polishing powder of extraordinary eff
cacy, for which he already has large de-
mand. Infusoral earth is composed of
microscopic shells, OF which cubic inch
contains about 100000. The number
of infusoria in cup of putrid water may
exceed the population of the globe.
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~ flee at bozeman, NJ. t.. November p, 1887.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed motto. of his inten ion to make
final proof in support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before District Clerk Third
Judicial District Montana Territory, at Living
eton. NJ. T., on Saturday, January 7th, 1883, VIZ:
John w. Krise, who made pree emption D. 5. No.
$50, for the NJ of NE14 and SW14 of NE}4 Sec. 22
and NWA of NWA Sec. %, Township south,
range 10 east He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and cnlti-
vation of, said and, viz: Charles Cyprian field,
and owen Osborn all Of Livingston, NJ. T.
GEO. w. MONROE, Register.
1st pub Nov. 26, 1887,